Jackie Coogan's pageboy haircut was his trademark. At age 12, his boyhood ending, it was cut off during the filming of "Johnny Get Your Hair Cut." This movie was made at Tanforan Race Track (now Tanforan Shopping Center), just south of San Francisco. While the movie was being made, Jackie Coogan stayed at the St. Matthew Hotel here in San Mateo (where I live). The St. Matthew is still there, and until just a few years ago looked much as it did in 1927. Only recently, with the insane price of real estate in California, has it been remodeled. I think about Jackie Coogan every time I drive by.
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